PLA’s doctored footage textbook case of psychological warfare: defense ministry
PLA’s doctored footage textbook case of psychological warfare: defense ministry
2025-12-30
As usual, relentless propaganda accompanies China’s military exercises in Taiwan, but somehow it always backfires. After this round of live-fire drills began, the PLA’s Eastern Theater Command released a video of their fighter pilot, exuberant over the view of Taiwan from high-up, with the byline “So Near, So Beautiful — Anytime to Taipei.” Chinese state media CCTV also publicized a doctored video of a passenger plane flying over Taiwan, claiming it was captured by a PLA drone. The Ministry of Defense slammed the move as a textbook case of psychological warfare, while many netizens delighted in its memefication.
The main island of Taiwan can be seen from the windshield of this PLA fighter jet. This video posted on the PLA Eastern Theater Command’s Weibo page claims that Taipei is just “one gas pump away.” Also featured, is the Central Mountain Range, as well as an Air Force pilot’s selfie. Meanwhile, Chinese state media CCTV doubled down with this grayscale video.
It’s claimed that the video was taken by PLA drone at nighttime, depicting a passenger plane that had just taken off from Songshan Airport and crossing over the Taipei 101. Eagle-eyed netizens questioned its authenticity, as no PLA drones were detected within Taiwan. Still, some entertained the likeliness that raw footage was provided by CCP sympathizers, since the view could be photographed quite easily from Jiantan Mountain in Taipei.
Puma Shen
Lawmaker (DPP)
It’s even possible that it’s an angle and content that our security cameras would normally capture, or that someone might be filming from a similar high vantage point, like on a mountain, and that footage could also be transmitted. That’s one possibility.
Former Taoyuan City Councilor Wang Hau-yu memeified the image, his version featuring Shanghai’s Oriental Pearl Tower. Others joined in with iterations featuring a skyline of Xiamen, for example. There’s even one of Winnie the Pooh overlooking the Tiananmen Square in Beijing—not much subtlety here.
Puma Shen
Lawmaker (DPP)
In times of emergency, there will certainly be a lot of information like this. We should all be prepared to receive all sorts of messages, just like during the pandemic, but we should always refer to official sources.
The Ministry of National Defense has since informed the public that the doctored footage is a textbook example of psychological warfare. It also insisted that no large-sized drones are closer than 24 nautical miles off the coast, and that the Armed Forces remain vigilant on all hours during the PLA live-fire drills.
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假的! 央視公開"遠眺台北101影片" 國防部打臉:典型認知戰
2025-12-30
中共實彈軍演同時，中國解放軍官方微博，釋出一段「這麼近那麼美隨時到台北」最新影片，飛行員坐在戰鬥機上，俯瞰台灣本島，甚至跟中央山脈同框，影片最後還出現無人機，航拍台北101等地標，只是空拍台北101照片，就被網友質疑造假，比例完全不對，國防部則發文打臉，這是共軍典型認知戰，大型無人機沒有逾越24浬。
一名飛行員坐在戰鬥機上，俯瞰台灣本島，說是加個油就能到台北，甚至還捕捉到中央山脈畫面，飛行員更留下一張自拍照，影片最後，還附上無人機航拍台北101照片，中國官方央視新聞，加碼PO出直擊影片。
看似趁著晚上時，一輛客機從松山機場起飛，恰好重疊台北101時，被共軍無人機拍下，引起網友質疑是假的，當我們雷達全瞎了嗎，也有網友認為，不排除有台灣人提供對岸畫面，畢竟劍潭山上也能拍出類似照片，何需無人機。
[[立委(民) 沈伯洋]]
“甚至有可能就是它是一個，我們本來監視器，就會能夠拍攝到的一個角度跟內容，也有可能是，有人在類似一樣比較高，山上的角度，去拍攝一樣畫面，也能夠交出去，這也是一種”
前桃園市議員王浩宇，PO了一張客機飛過上海東方明珠照片，直呼是有多難，網友紛紛秀出合成照，包括客機飛過廈門高樓大廈，還有維尼熊現身北京天安門，調侃意味濃厚。
[[立委(民) 沈伯洋]]
“當緊急的時刻，這種資訊一定不會少，我們大家應該要像疫情的時候一樣，我們會接到各式各樣的消息，但一切要以官方資訊為準”
國防部發文打臉共軍，強調這是典型認知戰，要國人勿受操弄，大型無人機沒有逾越24浬，國軍日以繼夜持續監控中，中共實彈軍演同時，無人機大秀「看見台灣」，分明在打心理戰。
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